Apigee in the News

Nearly 40 percent of smartphone owners use their phones for business as much or more than for leisure, the report found.Mobile apps have changed and continue to change the lives of the vast majority of U.S. citizens, from the way that older Americans socialize to nearly every behavior of younger Americans, according to Apigee.

Imagine the leading companies of the future. They will have externalized many of their core functions so they can draw on the best talent, wherever it can be found. They will be highly adaptive and able to acquire new competencies as soon as they see new opportunities.

After Stephen Elop took over as CEO of Nokia a couple of years back one of his most dramatic interventions was the burning platform memo. The key sentence in the techty, to say the least, email that Elop sent to Nokia staff in February 2011, was this: "We poured gasoline on our own burning platform. I believe we have lacked accountability and leadership to align and direct the company through these disruptive times."

What is this new thing called "chief digital officer"? How does this role differ from that of chief information officer? What should a job description look like?Sam Ramji, vice president of strategy at Apigee, has been watching the emergence of this new C-title, and made some observations as to where these individuals should be focusing their efforts. He describes his epiphany coming from listening to digital leaders at the recent Chief Digital Officer Global Forum. (See -- they even have their own forum now...)

Earlier this month Deloitte published the 2013 Technology Fast 500™, their annual ranking of the fastest growing life sciences, media, software, technology, telecommunications and clean technology companies in North America. The winners are selected based on the percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2008 to 2012, and for the eighteenth consecutive year, software is leading all industries.

Whether you think it's part of a transitional period or here for the long-term, the Chief Digital Officer role is gaining ground as more conventional companies look to invest in an enterprise-wide digital transformation.

Despite all the innovation and bright minds clustered in Shoreditch, the question still asked of the UK's premier startup scene is when it will produce the next Google or Facebook.

The Americans have always done things bigger and better than us Limeys, and Silicon Valley is no exception. One of its latest successes is Apigee, a firm specialising in creating mobile apps and APIs to improve companies' digital operations.

As enterprises rush to digitally transform their businesses, they are increasingly relying on a chief digital officer (CDO) to lead the charge.

Working in partnership with the CMO, CIO, and CEO, the CDO is chartered with finding ways to incorporate connected devices, social media, and data collection into both legacy and new products and services. While these organizations may have an advantage today, they will be the sole survivors of tomorrow's economy, according to many pundits.